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How to Cure 'Destructive Emotions'

Best-selling author Daniel Goleman finds in Buddhism a possible cure-all for anger, depression, and more.

Related Topics: Health, Emotional Health, Meditation, Psychology, Emotion, destructive emotions, Research, positive emotions, Practice, emotional state, interesting presentations, Brain

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In the Name of Allah's Law

How should Muslims implement Sharia (Islamic) law? Let's heed the lessons from Pakistan's Lal Masjid tragedy.

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Is Paul the Father of Anti-Semitism?

Paul thinks of himself as a Jew, and never denigrates Jewishness. Rather, he invites Jews and Gentiles to create a new family.

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Finding Heaven--and Hell--on Earth

Bishop N.T. Wright says heaven and hell aren't what most Christians imagine them to be--the biblical version is much better.

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Paving the Path to Dialogue

Dr. Judea Pearl responds to the first open letter from Muslims to Jews.

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St. John Ogilvie (c. 1579-1615)

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The Pious Infidel

Thomas Jefferson and his drive to 'rescue' Jesus

Related Topics: Faiths, Tools, The Founding Faith Archive, God, Religion, Government, Pious Infidel Thomas Jefferson, Religious, Religious Freedom, religious truth, Jefferson, Power, public pronouncements

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Botox, Buddhism, and the Search for Authenticity on Passover

This Passover we struggle to hold onto our past selves and histories, even as we re-invent ourselves.

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Stumbling Upon Herod's Tomb

While visiting ruins in Israel, my guide and I discovered a new dig. We didn't know what it was--but we videotaped it.

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